What is your contribution to Malaysia?

From my own personal experience and perspective, I saw a lot of Malaysians gushing about how proud and admire they are of the topnotch international entrepreneurs. To be specific like Bill Gates, the late Steve Jobs and Warren Buffett but what about our local and well-established entrepreneurs? Should we just shut them down completely?

We as a Malaysian should not forget that our country too has inspiring entrepreneurs. In this post, I would like to share to you about a young Malaysian entrepreneur who has been an idol of mine since last year.The name of this amazing lady is Amanda Nasim. She is 20 years old and in her final year of economic and finance student in York University, United Kingdom (UK). Wonder why I admire her so much?

Amanda Nasim

It's because she is the co-founder of the Tutti Frutti UK. 

Yes, believe it. More of an amazement, she was only 19 years old when she stood before 80 bidders at an international conference in Los Angeles to pitch her proposal to the big boss Jay Kim, founder of Tutti Frutti. Not only that she is the co-founder of Tutti Frutti UK she also owns the biggest Tutti Frutti outlet yet in the world with a two storey building. The outlet is located in Convent Garden in central London making it the first in Europe.

Tutti Frutti Convent Garden

With this business that Amanda Nasim is handling in UK, she is directly contributing to the Gross National Product (GNP) of Malaysia. GNP measures the market value of all final goods and services produced by nationals whether they are located in the country or abroad. Whether one is based in Japan or USA as long as he or she is a Malaysian and earn incomes they are contributing to Malaysia's GNP. Amanda is expecting to open at least 20 outlets in England, Scotland and Ireland by 2013 thus contributing more to GNP as the currency of UK is around 4.5 more than Malaysia. 

The lesson i learnt from this is we should thrive more in order to be successful in our life while still being a contributor to our beloved country. Be different, be unique, be bold. Don't be afraid to be adventurous by taking risks and as we are all informed, most Malaysians are afraid in spreading out of their comfort zone. 

Just look at Amanda, she is still studying while juggling with her business too. Amanda hasn't only been contributing in our country's GNP but indirectly she is also increasing the good names and reputation of Malaysia. Just imagine what Mr Jay Kim would think of her. Not just a determine young girl but a determined young Malaysian girl. The advantage of this GNP, shows how much Malaysia has grown compared to our neighboring nations. 

So, what have you done or going to do in order to increase Malaysia's GNP?

Written by:

Ameera Dyanah bt Mohd Kaisan